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But a team can just draft a safety just cause they need a safety....I agree safety is a big time need for the Steelers but I don't them to draft a safety early just cause safety is a huge need......All I'm saying just make sure value is there.....

The Steelers have so many needs, that shouldn't be an issue. The biggest thing is a defensive stud no matter where he plays, and even if we need to trade up to get him. We should be looking for a WRin the mid rounds and another OLfor depth (I strongly believe we should be drafting OL for depth at some point nearly every year in the mid-to-late rounds.)

We don't have the horses for a 4-3. We'd need a lot more talent and far more depth, in a 4-3, the linemen make the plays. Do we really have those guys? Those would be the highest paid studs. We have that at LB now, so we'd need to downgrade LB and upgrade DL in order to switch, and reduce LB depth to build it in DL. Honestly, I don't see that happening with or without LeBeau.

We don't have the horses for a 4-3. We'd need a lot more talent and far more depth, in a 4-3, the linemen make the plays. Do we really have those guys? Those would be the highest paid studs. We have that at LB now, so we'd need to downgrade LB and upgrade DL in order to switch, and reduce LB depth to build it in DL. Honestly, I don't see that happening with or without LeBeau.

I think we are in decent shape to make a transition in the near future...

- Woodley can play LDE in a 4-3
- Hood, McClendon, Ta'amu, Heyward give us a decent amount of talent to see who fits inside. I personally think Hood is a perfect fit, while I'd need to see what the others could do in some 1 gap scenarios.
- RDE could be addressed in this draft, while Worrilds/Heyward might be capable of holding the spot down short term
- Timmons could be an absolute pro bowl/D.Brooks monster on WLB. And I think he certainly has the rush capabilities to play on the Strong as well.
- The biggest issue will be finding a Mike... Again, I think Timmons is good enough, but he's so much more ideal on the outside in a 4-3. I think Spence has a future in a 4-3 as well, despite his size, he certainly could play the weakside, if Timmons fit the strong.